Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Oxford, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.664 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Oxford, Oxfordshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.664 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 5 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.664 miles away, the 22nd shortest of 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 70 first-choice applications for 60 offers; all 60 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Oxfordshire.
- There are 23.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oxfordshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Oxfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bartholomew Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 3QH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 459 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “‘Strength to do right’ is the deeply embedded motto of this school.”
- “This is a school that wants the very best for its pupils.”
- “There is a culture of high ambition for all, and most pupils are achieving well by the time they move on to secondary school.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the delivery of the planned curriculum is not as consistent as it could be, and pupil knowledge is less secure.”
- “The school recognises that there is a small group of pupils who are struggling to learn, including learning to read, and work to support this group is in its early stages.”
- “School attendance is not as high as it should be, and some pupils remain persistently absent.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 59% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 70 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Oxfordshire.
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good
- St Christopher's Church of England School, Cowley 0.6 mi Good
- Orchard Meadow Primary School 0.7 mi Good
- John Henry Newman Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Tyndale Community School 0.8 mi Standards maintained
- St Francis Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Rose Hill Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published